Carl heymann



(No Model.)

- C. HEYMANN.

CHRISTMAS CARD.

No. 481,173. Patented Aug. 23, 1892.

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NITED STATES CARL I-IEYMANN, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

CHRISTMAS-CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,173, dated August23, 1892.

Application filed March 22. 1892. Serial No. 426.025. (No model.)Patented in England August 19, 1891, No. 14,013, and in Germany February9, 1892, No. 61,857.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CARL HEYMANN, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,residing at Berlin, Germany, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Christmas- Cards, (for which I have obtained LettersPatent in Germany, No. 61,857, dated February 9, 1892, and in England,No. 14,013, dated August 19, 1891,) of which the following is aspecification.

'lhe object of this invention is to provide means for reflecting lightin such a Way as to illuminate Christmas greeting-cards and the like,made as hereinafter described, so as to obtain sunshine, sunset,moonlight, or like effects in a manner more realistic than can beobtained by simply painting or coloring or by any method of reflectionalready in use.

Reference being made to the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a front View,and Fig. 2 a rear perspective View, of the improved card.

The card is made as follows: Any picture suitable for receiving eect oflighting-such as the landscape shown in the annexed drawings-islithographed or printed in colors on paper A of such thickness as toallow a small quantity of light to pass through it. The border round thepicture and such parts of the picture itself as are to remain dark arefaced (or backed) with thick paper or card B, and on the other handthose parts of' the picture which are to appear strongly lighted are cutor stamped outfor instance, in the landscape shown in Fig. 1, the skyand the Windows. Behind these places so cut out is pasted thintransparent paper C, which may be brushed over with colors Wheredesiredfor instance, to give a reddish light behind the windows at B.Any parts which are to be especially brightly illuminated are left asfree openings in the pictu re-for instance, the lighthouse-light L.

The lighting is done by means of a relienting-card K, placed on the backof the card, as in Fig. 2, and arranged to be supportedfor instance, bythe stand s-at. such an angle as best to reflect light onto the back ofthe picture. This card K is covered on its .upper surface with pieces ofcolored foil so arranged as to reect their respective colors to thatpart of the picture intended to be lighted with that color. rlhus E maybe a green foil, F a yellow foil, and G a red foil. If the card is stoodup back to the light, the picture will be seen as illuminated with afine effect! of gradation of tone and color or tint, and the places Lcut out and left uncovered with transparent paper will appear the mostbrilliantly lighted, as here the reflection from the foil passes directto the eye. The transparentlycovered openings in the paper arelesslighted and the uncut-out parts of the picture less still, while theparts faced or backed with card or thick paper B remain dark. By placingthe picture more or less steeply before the light the lighting may beincreased or diminished and the various lighting effects be obtained.

I claim- 1. The combination, in a Christmas greeting-card or the like,of a picture having different parts of different degrees of transparencywith a reflecting-card hinged to reflect light on the back of saidpicture, the said card having on its face pieces of colored foil adaptedto reflect light upon the back of said picture for the production ofeffects of lighting appropriate to the subject of said picture,substantially as described.

2. In a Christmas greeting-card or thelike, the combination of aslightly-translucent paper A, having a picture and having part thereofcut away, a non-translucent card B, a very translucent paper C, fillingthe cut-away parts of the picture, certain non covered puncture orpunctures L, permitting direct view of the rellecting-back through paperA, and a reliecting-back G, having colored foils thereon, as and for thepurpose specified.

In Witness whereof I have signed this specication in presence of twowitnesses.

CARL HEYMANN.

Witnesses:

GUs'rAv SCHADE,

Berlin, Schnhauser Allee, 164. G. MoRIz,

Berln, 2 llfclanchthon Strasse.

